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en·crypt  (n-krpt)

tr.v. en·crypt·ed, en·crypt·ing, en·crypts

1. To put into code or cipher.

2. Computer Science To alter (a file, for example) using a secret code so as to be unintelligible to unauthorized parties.

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[en-¹ + (de)crypt.]

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en·cryption n.

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encrypt  (n-krpt)

To alter information using a code or mathematical algorithm so as to be unintelligible to unauthorized readers.

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encrypt - convert ordinary language into code; "We should encode the message for security reasons" cipher, cypher, encipher, write in code, code, inscribe encode - convert information into code; "encode pictures digitally"